[EU] Railcolor Weekly: Modern Locomotive News (43/17)

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SBB: Locomotive 460 031 has a new livery. Alptransit Gotthard AG presented the “Ceneri 2020” themed locomotive on 24.10.2017. The machine promotes the next big tunneling project in Switzerland that will be completed in 2020; the Ceneri base tunnel. The 15.4-kilometres-long tunnel will offer a new, flat route between Altdorf and Lugano. Note that 460 031 is one of the 460 series locomotives that already had its mid-life heavy overhaul.

SBB 460 031 in its new livery in Elgg on 26.10.2017 – Photo: Thomas Naas

Siemens: Last week, we spotted Vectron no. 193 847 for the first time, on its way from Munich to Dessau. It is first non-MRCE multi system locomotive of its type that has the Italy package. Insiders tell us it will be delivered to InRail, the first private operator in Italy having a multi system Vectron on order, but this has not been confirmed yet.

Siemens 193 847 on 24.10.2017 in Brehna – Photo: Mathias Schrödter

Stern & Hafferl has decided to order on TRAXX AC3 locomotive with Last Mile feature. We we will have to be patient, the machine will delivered in Q3 of 2018. In May 2017 Stern & Hafferl tested Railpool 187 316 for several days.

Unipetrol: This news was hard to miss last week: the presentation of the first Vectron locomotive for Unipetrol; the designated 383 050.

Photo: Josef Petrák

VR Group: Don’t forget to read our item about the VR Group Vectron locomotives, now in service and pulling their first freight trains. Picture below shows two generation of Finnish electrics. Sr3 in the front, and Sr1 in the back. With the arrival of the Vectrons (Sr3) the Sr1s will have to go.

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